diff --git a/bin/cache.php b/bin/cache.php
index 08dfd48..7973430 100644
--- a/bin/cache.php
+++ b/bin/cache.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 set_time_limit( 0 );
 
+// Stats page
+
 $cache_key = \PressbooksStats\Stats\get_admin_page_html_cache_key();
 
 delete_site_transient( $cache_key );
@@ -20,3 +22,19 @@
 } else {
 	echo "Successfully cached the stats dashboard! \n";
 }
+
+// Network storage
+
+$cache_key = 'pb_stats_network_storage';
+
+delete_site_transient( $cache_key );
+
+\PressbooksStats\Stats\cache_network_storage();
+
+$storage = get_site_transient( $cache_key );
+
+if ( empty( $storage ) ) {
+	echo "Failed to cache network storage data... \n";
+} else {
+	echo "Successfully cached network storage data! \n";
+}
diff --git a/inc/stats/namespace.php b/inc/stats/namespace.php
index c96a0c7..a225978 100644
--- a/inc/stats/namespace.php
+++ b/inc/stats/namespace.php
@@ -482,9 +482,24 @@ function users_with_x_or_more_books( $x ) {
 
 function display_network_storage() {
 	$storage = get_site_transient( 'pb_stats_network_storage' );
-	if ( empty( $storage ) ) {
-		$storage = format_bytes( recurse_dirsize( wp_upload_dir()['basedir'] ) );
-		set_site_transient( 'pb_stats_network_storage', $storage, DAY_IN_SECONDS );
+	if ( ! empty( $storage ) ) {
+		$cached = '<!-- CACHED -->';
+	} else {
+		$cached = '';
+		$storage = calculate_network_storage();
 	}
-	printf( '<p>%1$s: %2$s</p>', __( 'Network Storage', 'pressbooks-stats' ), $storage );
+	printf( '%1$s<p>%2$s: %3$s</p>', $cached, __( 'Network Storage', 'pressbooks-stats' ), $storage );
+}
+
+function calculate_network_storage() {
+	$path = wp_upload_dir()['basedir'];
+	$storage = format_bytes( rtrim( str_replace( $path, '', `du -b -s $path` ) ) );
+	return $storage;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cache the network storage level
+ */
+function cache_network_storage() {
+	set_site_transient( 'pb_stats_network_storage', calculate_network_storage() );
 }